Wirtualne Środowisko Nauki SJO

Projekt Studium Języków Obcych

Politechniki Wrocławskiej

Język specjalistyczny

Właściwości dokumentu:

Język: ANGIELSKI

Poziom: B2

Wydział: W9

Opracowanie: mgr Kinga Piotrowska

TASK 1: Watch the video and decide if the sentences are true, false or not mentioned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyeX6ArxCYI

1. The shape of the wings can produce a lift force.

2. Modern aviation aircrafts move forward as a result of the airfoil technology.
3. The air coming to the engine passes through a compressor, a combustion chamber and the
fans.
4. The lift force of the airplane rises when its speed increases.
5. The flaps and the slats change their position only while taking off.
6. Ailerons, the elevator and the rudder are used to lower or raise the airplane.
7. The rudder is used to change the airplane's path smoothly.
8. FBY is the most reliable system to control the movements of the airplane devices.
9. During landing the thrust is decreased by the activation of flaps and slats.
10. The spoiler is another device used to lower the airplane.

TASK 2: Read the sentences and check you understand the words in bold. Then put the
sentences in the order you think you heard them. Watch the video again and
check your answers.

1. Their aircraft was a success thanks to an interesting phenomenon of physics - the airfoil
technology.
2. The wing of the aircraft was able to produce a lift force in an ingenious way.
3. Thrust force makes an airplane move forward.
4. Reaction force of high-velocity exit jet gives the turbofan engine thrust force.
5. To produce this high velocity jet, the incoming air is passed through a compressor,
combustion chamber and turbines stages.
6. During the take off, the flaps and slats are extended downwards as shown.
7. You can navigate the airplane the way you want with the help of three different attachments -
aileron, elevator and rudder.
8. Fuel required for the airplane is stored in tanks of the wing.
9. During landing, it is required to increase the drag.
10. A wing attachment called spoiler is also activated to increase the drag further and reduce the
lift.
TASK 3: Watch the video. Then complete the summary below using the correct form of
words in the box. There are two extra words.

In the nineteenth century many flying machines were invented to make it possible for mankind to fly.
The only successful machine that could rise into the air was the aircraft designed by the Wright
brothers. To 1. _________ the lift force of the craft they applied the Newton's third law of motion. The
wings of the aircraft had a curved shape which caused the gushing air to push downwards. The air
also pushed the wing in the opposite direction with the same 2. _________ and thus the aircraft was
able to fly off the ground.
The same phenomenon of physics is used in modern airplanes which have highly 3. _________
optimized airfoil shaped wings. In modern aviation aircrafts the thrust is produced by a turbofan
engine, which makes the plane 4. _________ forward. The air flows over the wings constructed from
different parts such as flaps and slats. When the flaps and slats are 5. _________ during the take
off the curvature of the airfoil increases and thus the lift force rises. When the lift is more than the 6.
_________ force, the plane takes off. During the flight the flaps and slats remain in their original
position.
The airplane is 7. _________ with the help of ailerons, an elevator and a rudder. The elevator is used
to descend or rise the airplane. Lowering or rising the elevator produces the lift force which makes the
nose of the plane go up or down. Turning the rudder produces a lift force which makes the airplane
change its 8. _________ direction. However, using the ailerons for the same purpose is more 9.
_________ Then, he plane rolls, changes its path but it doesn't change its orientation and therefore, it
doesn't cause any discomfort for the passengers.
A Fly -by-Wire computer system smoothly operates the exact movement of actuators and the pilots
navigate the airplane with the use of various controllers. During landing the drag of the aircraft is
increased by the 10. _________ of the flaps, slats and a spoiler.

ADVISE AERODYNAMICAL START

ACTIVATE MOVEMENT FLY

EXTENSION FORCE NAVIGATE PRODUCTION

MAGNIFY GRAVITATION
KEY

TASK 1

1. T
2. F (due to the thrust force produced by a turbofan engine)
3. F (not fans but turbine stages)
4. T
5. F (also during landing)
6. F (only the elevator is used for this purpose)
7. F (the ailerons are used, the airplane rolls, changes its path but the orientation remains the
same and thus there is no sudden change in the flight direction)
8. NM
9. F (the drag is increased by the activation of flaps and slats)
10. T

TASK 2

1. Their aircraft was a success thanks to an interesting phenomenon of physics - the airfoil
technology.
2. The wing of the aircraft was able to produce a lift force in an ingenious way.
3. Thrust force makes an airplane move forward.
4. Reaction force of high-velocity exit jet gives the turbofan engine thrust force.
5. To produce this high velocity jet, the incoming air is passed through a compressor,
combustion chamber and turbines stages.
6. During the take off, the flaps and slats are extended downwards as shown.
7. You can navigate the airplane the way you want with the help of three different attachments -
aileron, elevator and rudder.
8. Fuel required for the airplane is stored in tanks of the wing.
9. During landing, it is required to increase the drag.
10. A wing attachment called spoiler is also activated to increase the drag further and reduce the
lift.

AIRFOIL A structure with curved surfaces designed to give the most favourable ratio of
lift to drag in flight, used as the basic form of the wings, fins, and horizontal
stabilizer of most aircraft;
LIFT Upward force exerted by the air on an aerofoil or other structure,
counteracting gravity.
THRUST The propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine.
COMBUSTION The process of burning something.
SLAT A thin, narrow piece of wood, plastic, or metal, especially one of a series
which overlap or fit into each other, as in a fence or a Venetian blind.
AILERON A hinged surface in the trailing edge of an aeroplane wing, used to control the
roll of an aircraft about its longitudinal axis.
TANK The container holding the fuel supply in a motor vehicle, aircraft, etc.
DRAG The longitudinal retarding force exerted by air or other fluid surrounding a
moving object.
SPOILER A flap on the wing of an aircraft which can be projected in order to create drag
and so reduce speed.

TASK 3

1. produce 6. gravitational
2. magnitude 7. navigated
3. aerodynamically 8. flight
4. move 9. advisable
5. extended 10. activation